Writ of Aid

The closest thing to a legal document still retained by The Empire, formed long before The Empire itself came into existence. The Writ of Aid, colloquially referred to as the Imperial Ideal, revolves around the idea of choosing the Hard Path instead of the easy one. When faced with a situation, the Writ encourages the leadership of the time to carefully consider the exact situation and adopt a policy to it. The Writ also goes out of its way to attack the very idea of hard laws, insisting that the concept of applying a single rule to every situation is nonsensical.

The Writ was first formed surrounding the Elven Civil War, a mere 58 years after the establishment of the Imperial Calendar. The complicated reality of that conflict and the Concordat's involvement led to a years-long debate of ethics and morality across the entire Concordat, from the average citizen up to Emperor himself. In that case it was ultimately decided to aid the Elven people without aiding the Elven governments, as it was believed it would be too difficult to do so without moving into active control.

The simplest expression of the Writ of Aid is "to help without controlling, and to let people work things out for themselves without being totally absent".